Meet The Green Bee Eater – A dainty Exquisite Little Bird
A dainty exquisite little bird covered in bronze and intense emerald green plumage whose extreme good looks are complemented by a lovely long tail!
MEET THE GREEN BEE EATER
The green bee eater Merops orientalis, also known as the little green bee-eater, is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family. A mostly bronze-green bird, with a golden-green crown and nape, black eye-line, and bluish-green cheeks, chin, and throat. There is a black half-collar between the throat and breast, with black trailing edges on the wings. Outer under tail feathers are grey, and median rectrices are long and shaded purple. Streamers on the male are as long as 7 cm. The bill is black, and curved down. Eyes are red, and legs and feet are blackish.
Green bee-eaters reside in a belt across sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal and The Gambia to Ethiopia, the Nile valley, western Arabia, and Asia into India and Vietnam.
Green bee-eaters reside in a belt across sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal and The Gambia to Ethiopia, the Nile valley, western Arabia, and Asia into India and Vietnam.
